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Article

29 Oct 2010

Author:
Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera

BP dispersants 'causing sickness' [USA]

Two-year-old Gavin...has been diagnosed with severe upper respiratory, sinus, and viral infections. His temperature has reached more than 39 degrees...Gavin's father, mother, and cousin...are also facing serious health problems. Their symptoms are being experienced by many others living along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico...BP has admitted to using at least 1.9 million gallons of widely banned toxic dispersants...which according to chemist Bob Naman, create an even more toxic substance when mixed with crude oil...According to Naman, poly-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from this toxic mix are making people sick...[A] chemist in…Louisiana, recently tested the blood of eight BP cleanup workers..."The blood of all three females and five males had chemicals that are found in the BP Crude Oil..."...there has been long enough exposure…to create chronic impacts, that include "liver damage, kidney damage, and damage to the nervous system..."